Afternoon Links: Aaron Paul Still Rules, Probably Won’t Ever Stop

Aaron Paul has done a great many lovely things other than Breaking Bad. Once he walked out of his home to chat with fans; another time he just casually shared how much he’d love to star in The Dark Tower. He really went out of his way, though, the time he helped Jason propose to Jackie. (Fast-forward to the 5:30 mark if you must.)

75 tunesare eligible for Best Original Song at the Oscars. Jay Z’s Great Gatsby track, the grammatically avant garde “100$ Bill,” is there, as is Pharrell’s “Happy” from Despicable Me 2 (better get nominated, better win), plus something from Anchorman 2.

Sweden’s David Lagercrantz will pick up dead author Stieg Larsson’s Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Series and run with it. The new novel, due in August 2015, will feature protagonists Blomkvist and Salander, although it’ll be all-new material, not anything involving the draft of a fourth book Larsson was composing when he died.

Targetseems salty that Beyoncé went with iTunes instead of the retailer this time around. It won’t sell physical copies of Beyoncé, even though it’s coming out a week after the digital version dropped, and even though it almost immediately became one of the year’s very best sellers.